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Tim Sweeney Called Valve 'Assholes' in Email to Gabe Newell, Valve COO Says 'You Mad Bro?'

Tim Sweeney is always mad.

The antitrust lawsuit against Valve from Wolfire Games got a little spicy this week. To quickly get you up to speed: Wolfire claims that Valve uses its position with Steam to control game prices and muscle out competition. Though the initial lawsuit against Valve was dismissed, Wolfire amended their suit in May 2022 and the legal battle was back on.

It may have taken almost two years, but we are now starting to see some of the documents that...
 

900 People Laid Off Across Multiple PlayStation Studios

Multiple studios across all SIE regions impacted.

Sony just laid off about 900 people across multiple PlayStation studios around the world. These 900 or so laid off employees account for roughly 8% of the total workforce for Sony Interactive Entertainment.

President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, announced the layoffs to the public today. The public statement came after an email was sent to all employees informing them of the layoffs. From Ryan's...
 

Xbox Confirms PlayStation 5 Releases, Diablo 4 on Game Pass, and Future Hardware Plans

No, Starfield and Indiana Jones are not going multi-platform any time soon.

The heads of Xbox stayed true to their word and were indeed a part of a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast. During today's pre-recorded podcast and subsequent blog post, head of Xbox Phil Spencer stated that four Xbox exclusives are going to be multi-platform releases. Is it Starfield? Indiana Jones? Gears of War? Halo?! No, no, no, and no. Though Spencer did not specify what those four titles ...
 

Embracer Lays Off 97 Employees from Eidos; Cancels New Deus Ex

Embracer's rampage continues.

Eidos-Montreal, a development studio currently under the Embracer umbrella, made the sad announcement that employees at the studio were being laid off. Eidos took to social media to confirm that 97 people have been let go "from development teams, administration, and support services".

The studio says that "global economic context, the challenges of our industry, and the comprehensive restructuring announced by Embracer have...
 

Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 People from Gaming Divisions

Impacted teams include Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.

Layoffs are happening again within Microsoft as roughly 1,900 employees are being let go. The initial report comes from an IGN report that says the layoffs hit Microsoft owned Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.

Xbox lead Phil Spencer sent out a memo to staff which announced these layoffs. In the memo, Spencer says that as Microsoft is "committed to aligning on a strategy and an execution plan with...
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  • Pastel Pink Switch Joy-Cons Announced by Nintendo

    Pastel Pink Switch Joy-Cons Announced by Nintendo

    These themed controllers will be available only for a limited time.

    Nintendo is celebrating the March 22nd release of the Nintendo Switch title Princess Peach: Showtime by releasing pastel pink Joy-Cons. These pink Switch Joy-Cons will be available only for a limited time and only through select retailers plus the My Nintendo Store.

    Unfortunately, Nintendo did not share just how much these pastel pink Joy-Cons will cost. All we know for sure is that they will be released...
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  • Solid Snake Arrives in Fortnite

    Solid Snake Arrives in Fortnite

    Hnnngh. Colonel, my dummy thicc cheeks just cost me a Victory Royale.

    The 28.10 update for Fortnite just dropped today and with it comes the long-awaited release of Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake. Players who own this season's Battle Pass will gain access to the Solid Snake skin after they complete a handful of special unlock quests. These quests aren't too difficult but may take a few rounds to complete.

    Today's update also includes some special Metal Gear Solid themed...
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  • Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children Coming to Theaters for a Limited Time

    Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children Coming to Theaters for a Limited Time

    The director's cut of the CG film to be shown ahead of Rebirth's release.

    Square Enix is collaborating with Fathom events and Sony Pictures to bring Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children to a theater possibly near you. On February 21 and February 22 there will be showings of Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children Complete at select theaters throughout the United States for the first time ever.

    This director's cut of Advent Children will be shown at over 650 theaters across the...
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  • Riot Games Lays Off 530 Employees, Shutters Riot Forge

    Riot Games Lays Off 530 Employees, Shutters Riot Forge

    Sigh...

    Today's games industry layoff news comes to us courtesy of Riot Games, the development studio behind League of Legends and Valorant. In an effort to move towards "a more sustainable future", Riot Games announced plans to eliminate 11% of their entire workforce, or roughly 530 employees.

    In today's announcement, Riot Games says that "teams outside of the core development" will be impacted by these layoffs the hardest.

    Riot CEO...
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  • Over 400 People Expected to be Working on Next Witcher Entry by Mid-2024

    Over 400 People Expected to be Working on Next Witcher Entry by Mid-2024

    Production on project "Polaris" will soon begin at CD Projekt Red.

    According to a report from Reuters, CD Projekt Red will begin production on the next entry in their Witcher franchise this year. CD Projekt Red CEO Adam Badowski told Reuters that he hopes to "have around 400 people working on the project by the middle of the year".

    The new project, one that has been known as Project Polaris since 2022, will be an entirely new trilogy of titles in...
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  • Palworld Sales Surpass 5 Million Copies

    Palworld Sales Surpass 5 Million Copies

    Be it Pokemon fatigue or something else, players are flocking to Palworld.

    Palworld released on January 19, 2024. Within eight hours, it sold 1 million copies. Within 24 hours, Palworld sold over 2 million copies. Within 40 hours, it surpassed 3 million copies sold. Now, with the game only being out for roughly three days, Palworld sales have surpassed 5 million copies sold.

    Not only has Palworld sold over 5 million copies, but this figure apparently does not include...
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  • Pirates vs. Ninjas Fest is Live Now on Steam

    Pirates vs. Ninjas Fest is Live Now on Steam

    Vote with your wallets in this ever ongoing debate.

    The latest Steam Fest to grace your eye holes here in the year two thousand and twenty-four focuses on an age-old debate: Pirates vs. Ninjas. Do you prefer hunting for booty or stealthily stabbing some booty? That seems to be the question you'll have to answer for yourself in the Pirates vs. Ninjas Fest going on right now through Steam.

    From January 22nd (that's today) through to January 29th at 10AM (PT), you will...
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  • Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, and Rhea Ripley to Grace Covers for WWE 2K24

    Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, and Rhea Ripley to Grace Covers for WWE 2K24

    Hey, maybe this will be the year for a great WWE game.

    Visual Concepts, 2K, and WWE just announced WWE 2K24, the latest installment of their mostly annual wrestling franchise. None other than "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes will be featured as the star athlete for the game, at least on the cover of the Standard Edition. For the Deluxe Edition cover both Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley will grace the cover.

    WWE 2K24 is currently set to arrive on March 5,...
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  • Palworld Enters Top 10 on Steam's All-Time Peak Concurrent Player Chart; Sales Surpass 2 Million in 24 Hours

    Palworld's peak player count is the 7th highest for any Steam game ever.

    Palworld released on Friday, January 19th and already it's hit some incredibly impressive milestones. Released for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Game Pass, and PC, this "Pokemon with guns" game seems poised to either take the world by storm or be one incredible flash in the pan hit.

    While we don't know the exact player counts and sales figures for Xbox and Game Pass, we do know that Palworld...
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  • Rockstar Editor Getting Removed from Grand Theft Auto 5 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

    Those on older hardware will no longer be able to create and edit clips.

    For those still playing Grand Theft Auto 5 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, a feature you may not even be aware about will soon be removed. Rockstar Games will be removing the video editing tool, known simply as the Rockstar Editor, from Grand Theft Auto 5 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The other versions of the game will still retain access to the Rockstar Editor, at least for now.

    For those unfamiliar,...
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  • In 2024 The Elder Scrolls Online will Take Players to Areas Not Seen Since Oblivion

    2024 is the year of the golden road.

    ZeniMax Online Studios revealed the content and story that players can expect to see play out throughout 2024 in The Elder Scrolls Online. The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road is the game's upcoming major chapter that will include about 30 hours of new main quest content and story, new characters, and some zones that haven't been explored since The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.

    PC and Mac players will get to begin their adventure through...
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  • No Physical Release Planned for Hellblade 2

    No Physical Release Planned for Hellblade 2

    Senua's second outing will be a digital only release.

    At yesterday's Xbox Developer Direct, one of the studios to showcase their work was Ninja Theory. They obviously showed off a lot more of Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, a game that has been in development since at least before the release of the Xbox Series X|S. It was one of the titles used to promote the, at the time, immenent release of the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles.

    Now, it looks like the wait nearly over...
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  • Indiana Jones Punches So Very Many Nazis in New Trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

    Punching Nazis? Solving ancient puzzles? Yep, it's Indiana Jones.

    We finally got ourselves a good, long look at the new Indiana Jones game that MachineGames and Bethesda Softworks have been working on for a while now. Called Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, this (mostly) first-person action-adventure title will take Indy all over the world in a story that takes place between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade.

    Of the many big reveals, we learn that Indiana...
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  • The Deep Themes of Avowed to Tickle Your Sense of Adventure this Fall

    The Deep Themes of Avowed to Tickle Your Sense of Adventure this Fall

    Obsidian shares new details on the upcoming fantasy action-RPG.

    Obsidian Entertainment calls the combat in their fantasy action-RPG Avowed "dynamic" and the world as "colorful, vibrant (and) strange". Game director Carrie Patel and gameplay director Gabe Paramo offer players a glimpse into the Living Lands, the world in which the events of Avowed play out.

    A look at combat variety is shown off along with a look at how your responses and actions have...
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  • Visions of Mana Arrives Summer 2024 for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC

    Visions of Mana Arrives Summer 2024 for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC

    New details were shared at the Xbox Developer Direct.

    Square Enix shared new details about Visions of Mana today. This is the first new mainline entry in the Man series to come in over 15 years. Visions of Mana is currently expected to be out this summer for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

    Today's video features insight from Man series producer Masaru Oyamada and series creator Koichi Ishii. The two along with other devs show off some...
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  • Poll: What is 2024's Biggest Gaming Disappointment So Far?
    by Shawn Zipay
    It's AAAA vs WB.

    March isn't even over yet and we've already seen a couple of stinkers come out from major gaming studios. While we tend to focus on the surprise hits or quality titles in these polls, this time it's a little bit different.

    Between the Rocksteady developed live-service Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and the "AAAA" quality Ubisoft developed Skull and Bones: Which is the bigger disappointment for you?

    Playing these games isn't...
    Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
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    03-12-2024, 11:07 AM
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